1,000 Days of Decluttering: What Really Happened
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Hello! Are you able to tell me who sells the brown and white bed? Thank you!
Can you please do more videos on minimal shopping habits? 😊 I need more help on that!
When people give me a hard time about the amount of decluttering I do..I just responding with "well I just don't like housekeeping as much as you do...." because that is the core of my motivation to keep on top of the clutter- how easy it makes taking care of my house.
I am currently decluttering. I so feel much more empowered!!
Been a minimalist for over 25 years. My husband turned on hoarders last night and it does something to me. I got up and found a few things to get rid of.
Yes that program totally makes me do the same thing! It also makes me want to wash everything in my home 😅
It panics me, have trouble watching this
@@mishypeas2959 Yes, I have to agree with you.
@@dgiovanni662 I agree I don’t like watching it either I end up yelling at the TV “just throw everything away you don’t need it” my husband says you know they can’t hear you. I say yes but it makes me feel better.
@@Sheli-_- hahaha
I used to be an impulse buyer and ended up with so much stuff. About 4 yrs ago, began the deluttering pricess. I started with developing a monthly budget and a specific place to put all my important everyday items: reading glasses, keys, wallet, etc. This took a year because the old habits were so deeply ingrained. But allowing for that time was a game changer for me.😊
Take photos of sentimental items that you no longer use. "Store" that item on your phone, not in your house ~ visit it anytime! Say a prayer for the next "steward of your stuff"... give away & rest well! ♡
Dawn - thank you for your genuine love & care for all of us! I’m so blessed by you, here on TH-cam as well as in your mentorship group ❤😊
THANK YOU Lisa! I'm grateful for you, too!
I have decluttered for over 20 years. Once I started I quit buying things.
I have put more than one thing back on the shelf as I decided I didn't want to be responsible for cleaning it. So freeing!!
Agree. Once things start leaving the house and resulting in a sense of peace and order, I am reluctant to bring new things into my home. It is very satisfying to just walk away from the temptations.
I've been intermittent fasting for over 2 years with fabulous results. It was a game changer for my health. Then the idea came to me this past spring... If I have successfully decluttered my food intake, why not my home & family business? I found your channel about 6 months ago. And wow!! Talk about results! You have been so motivating & encouraging! I've been taking notes so that I don't forget what I've learned. I can't sit at my jigsaw puzzles and sip coffee anymore because you've proven that five minutes with a black trash bag and donation box will clean out just one more corner of my cottage home!! I've donated two car loads to thrift stores, given things to friends, and yes, trashed stuff into a bag! Can't thank you enough 🎉❤😊 Love your channel!
Doing anything for 1000 STRAIGHT days besides breathing is amazing 🎉
Thank you for making these videos and sharing your life. I ALWAYS find something new to take away from every video you create ♡
THANK YOU, that means more than you know!!!!
I feel the same way! There's always a little nugget of info to take away.
Most times it's a shift to a different perspective!
I found you in May and my life has changed….. for the better, I share you with anyone who will listen. I can take time during the day to read an hour, to have friends over without cleaning for days, thank you.
This is so awesome to hear Judy! WELL DONE!!!!
I'm shocked at how easy life is with 70% less crap in my home.
"Carrying cost" thank you for giving me a word for that! I'm moving to another state, and I never realized how much stuff I had until I had to move it further than 30 miles. I restricted myself to ONE 5X8 shipping container and what can fit in my car. I'm 2 days out from moving, and I'm still revising what I actually want/need! 😅 I have a feeling there's going to be several more items I can let go of the day I head out lol
Huge THANK YOU to you and Cas (Clutterbug) for helping me through my 3 year long journey of decluttering. I've gotten rid of 80-90% of my stuff, I know myself better, and I'm making MUCH better choices! You two are AMAZING! 💖💕
I’m so pleased Dawn that you were the first person that I discovered on TH-cam, that truely helped me understand the art of decluttering and it’s ok to let things go.
I’ve been decluttering on and off for the last 6 plus yrs, do heaps, then stop, buy more things and refill my home. It’s been a vicious circle, absolutely hated having visitors, because my home was so cluttered but I didn’t know how to let things go, then one day I watched the minimal mom and I was hooked.
It was still a slow process of learning the art of decluttering, I’m 61 about to turn 62 and you definitely can teach an old dog new tricks.
My step son decided to come and surprise his Dad for his birthday, I knew from late July that he was coming September 21st and I’m looking at my cluttered home and thinking him and his sister grew up in a home that you could do the white glove test and my home looks like it should be on a episode of hoarders and that’s what spurred in into being serious to get this mess sorted. So far and l still want more out, 80-90 garbage bags have gone to the dump plus boxes of stuff. 90% should have been donated but I don’t have the bandwidth to have stuff in boxes to be donated because I have hoarder tendencies, I will second guess myself and go back through it, yep I know because I’ve done it before, so to the dump it went. I did donate a few things for a church fete that is coming up but the majority went to the dump. The biggest things that gave me the most pain to let go of was Material and wool, oh the joy of being a hoarder.
I did have 19 tubs of material, these tubs are 50Ls, I’ve only got 5 now the rest I gave to two friends that are making things to sells. I had 6 tubs, yep 50L tubs of wool, l gifted them to my granddaughter because she loves to crochet, to give to people. It hasn’t been an easy process but it’s definitely getting easy, a few tears and some struggling to let things go but I did it. I didn’t buy things to just throw them out, I brought them because they were pretty and I wanted them, I now definitely look differently at my home and possessions I have.
My step son came, I did talk to him and his girlfriend about my hoarding, and the reasons it escalated so badly after my Dad and sister passed, issues with my children. Jess said it sounds like I have abandonment issues! I thought WOW now that makes sense.
I think the main reason I can declutter easily this time round is because I’m very happy and contented in my life, I may have issues with my children but I have some amazing friends and people around me.
I just did Cass’s 30 day challenge and was totally amazed at what I found in 5 minutes each day, so much easier because I have less clutter around.
Yesterday we had 2 unexpected guests arrive and the first time in my life I didn’t stress because of my home, I actually asked them in, we sat and had coffee, it was a wonderful feeling. I love my bathroom that has stayed clean for the last 3 weeks, I cried the first time I walked in and saw what I actually achieved, it also showed me what the rest of my home will look like.
I’ve said this before but I will NEVER be able to thank you enough for everything you have done for not only me but countless people. Your love, kindness and gentle guidance is what makes this process so amazingly easy.
Bless you for sharing.
@@elizabethcallihan9971 🥰 thank you
Great video! I'm motivated to declutter for 1000 days! Thank you!😊
I am in the midst of decluttering (downsizing from a 3 BR 2 BA home to a 2 BR 1 BA apartment--there were boxes in every single room and now in only one) and your videos are getting me through it! Thank you so much!!!
Everyone needs to hear this. All of those things are so true! I just keep decluttering and organizing and giving to friends and donating. It never ends and it clears ur mind like nothing else. 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I started several years ago with the Condo method then started watching you. I've decluttered at least half of my house, and now in the onion stages, going back through often and now I am a better purchaser and think more before I buy. I say no to 'things.' Thank you, Dawn
Thanks for another great video. I so look forward to you videos, you are always so upbeat.
I'm starting to understand what you are saying on a deeper level now.
Before, I always thought, man, I should call so an so or write to that aunt. Now, that I've been decluttering for about 9 months, I just call these people. What?
It started when I actually tackled my books again. Something shifted in my mind. Thanks for your help, Dawn!
We ordered a helix mattress because of you!!😊 we absolutely LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!! No going back! Love your videos n have learned so much about decluttering!
The act of decluttering really does lower stress and anxiety. It's turned into a fun hobby😂
I'm always curious how the 6 of you sit at that table with 4 chairs🤔
Yes!!! 😊
The kids sit at the island and we sit at the table facing them, it's a little unconventional but works well!
@@TheMinimalMom oh that works! Thanks!😊
Offtopic but those faux jute plastic tubs from Walmart are really mvp of organizing…….love them
Every video helps me to get motivated ✔️. Thank you!
This video hit home. Whenever I feel overwhelmed, out of control and stressed I declutter and it makes me feel better. Plus my house’s functionality and looks improve too and I need less than 5 mins per room to reset it! I learned how to declutter from your videos and I still use them to body double, even for simple tasks at work. Hearing your voice is like having a friend over. Thank you so much Dawn!
Dawn, THANK YOU for the constant support, encouragement, and inspiration to make lifestyle changes for the wellbeing of ourselves and our families.
I'm in the process of moving, without having a place to move into yet. Mostly been doing HUGE declutter sprees throughout the past month... I've taken at least 16 big boxes of stuff to Goodwill this past month! My car is small so I have to do like a max of 4 banana boxes at a time on a day off. Talk about open loop! I got most of my room packed up, still got stuff in storage units, boxes of mine stacked in the hall... talk about open loop living! I HATE it! It's been a very stressful month! No wonder I've been feeling like drek the past couple of days and constantly fighting off anxiety!
Though speaking of my storage unit, it is a 5x10 space and it was full to the brim! NOW there's 35 boxes/crates left! I do have a before pic, not fully from the start but close enough and a current pic that lets me see just how much progress I made in getting rid of stuff! The $20 or less as well as the past me vs present me tips have helped TREMENDOUSLY! I explained those two tips to my mom and she's said how much it's been helping her too! She's starting to declutter stuff as well as my sister who's also moving. And yes, I watch decluttering videos DAILY to keep in the zone!
My Mkom used to quietly keep our home clean, and when I became an adult and responsible for my own home I realized I had absolutely no idea how she did it. It was a complete mystery! I tended to save everything thinking it was still usable even after I got a new one of whatever it was. I felt obligated to keep gifts that I did not use or even like. I had no thought process about keeping up with cleaning, and it was difficult due to how crowded the spaces were. I never thought about declining free stuff or where I would fit something on sale. All that changed thanks to Dawn, and also Dana Whites's voice after dinner in my head saying "Just do the dishes!" Dawn gives us the guidance we all needed as we grew up but missed because of either parents who did not know how to keep a clean organized home themselves, or because they had a very efficient but quiet parent who did it all themselves which did not require child participation/ learning. Thanks, Dawn!
Thank you for this comment, I just had conversation with my 15 year old daughter about life. I told her Im preping her for aduthood. I want to give her more and more responsibility+freedom over her life, so it wouldnt be shock at once, when she turns 18. I Dont want her to think that life somehow runs itself, but its on her to run it. Im trying to share everything I learned in my 45 years.
As I think about it my mom kept our house spotless ..we didn’t have a lot of clutter my dad threw everything away😢
@@lucystrider728 When my daughter became a wife and mother she said to me but mom I don’t ever remember seeing you clean and our house was always spotless. They did have a few chores but I was a nanny to a few kids so I was always home and did the housework when they were in school. I’ve always been a minimalist and my daughter picked up be minimal not quite a minimalist. Maybe when her children are older I know it’s harder with babies.
So good to keep decluttering.
Not sure I understand how you still have stuff to declutter!
Joshua Becker says that to live is to consume. There’s always stuff coming in. Even for a person who is careful. What is no longer needed becomes clutter. But maybe 3 months ago we still needed it 😊
Do you have children, Eva? That makes a big difference in terms of how much comes in and how quickly it’s no longer needed.
❤ i almost cry when i watch it🥹 i just wanna ty ty ty. You and some other minimalist like Joshua Becker made a huge impact on my life. I am a teacher and i am starting a new project with my students about essentialism and how to stop over consumerism. I love you and i really enjoy your videos🌸
What a great lesson for children!!
Have you decluttered some throw pillows Dawn?? I noticed there aren’t any behind you 😮😂
I just moved them over to the other couch, lol!!! ;)
@@TheMinimalMomI knew it! 😂 I do love that you have your one thing though. Mine is coats. Total minimalist apart from my coats. They’re my thing ❤
I was thinkink the same. But Im sute they are on other side. 😁
I love your "main things I've learnt" points! Thank you. I'm sitting watching "Sort Your Life Out-" ~bbc, with Stacey Solomon ~ you would be a great project manager on a version! They take ALL the things to a warehouse to make the choices, and move furniture/ build cupboards and ORGANISE what's left.
1. Decluttering reduces stress and provides a sense of control over your life
2. Reducing clutter makes it easier, faster and more enjoyable to clean your home
3. Less clutter increases your motivation, focus and productivity
4. Decluttering shifts your mindset and forces you to look at your stuff more critically; is it adding value or weighing you down?
5. The act of decluttering improves your ability to make good decisions more quickly and with confidence
6. Decluttering frees up mental and emotional bandwidth so you can focus on what matters most in your life
7. Reducing clutter gives you a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction
I really enjoy your videos and the decluttering class!!!
Me too!
I’ve been working on what I can control but the things I can’t control are huge at the moment. I’ve never been in control of my adult house as I lived with a hoarder. Now I’m single I have to consciously remind myself going into every room is that I have the power to have a tidy, beautiful, manageable home that reflects my personality and Bee/Cricket organising style. 😊
Thank you so much, Dawn! Your enthusiasm motivates me to get my house in order. I love simplicity and am ready to make this happen.
No back pain? Lol~ I'm pregnant. Pretty sure no mattress will help me right now 😅
Great video Dawn! Thank you 😊
I love your point about taking control over our environment! ✨I can always see the state of my life & mind by the state of my home. Shoes on the floor? Too rushed. Clothes on the dresser? Poor sleep & chaotic mornings. Toys strewn about? Too many toys 😂
I recently commented on one of your older videos and then I remembered that you said you only read comments for a few hours or days after posting, so I thought I would comment here. I recently found your videos and have been binge watching them for the past 2 weeks! I started to declutter my bedroom, while watching some of your long content videos, and I threw away 2 trash bags from my bedroom of things I was just hoarding (just in case one day I need them), and 2 large bags of clothes from my closet! It feels so nice and I can't wait to start on my kitchen tomorrow after work! Now I will not be going too far, baby steps and letting my house talk to me. Getting my DH on board with his things will take some work but I am hoping that when he sees how happy I am without the clutter he will want to follow suit! Thank you for all that you do and I love you too!
You are truly a gem. Thank you for being a friend to all! And Happy Birthday too!🥰
Thank you, Dawn, for all the decluttering tips!
It overwhelmed me many times. I have learned this is a slow process and when I accept that I’m slow but as time goes on I see changes❤ I also learned from your channel this is not one and done it is a journey. Thanks for the advice today and 5 minutes matters is my daily reminder 😮
You turned me into a minimalist 1 year ago and I can’t thank you enough! I have a 2.5 and 4 yr old and it makes picking up after them and keeping my home tidy SOOOOO easy! I wish every mom knew about how much better we feel when our homes and are lives are clutter free! 🩷
Is there an end to decluttering? Or do you always have to do it? Because it seems like you always have to do it.
You always have to do it but it gets SO much easier and is just second nature!!!
I feel like I've decluttered all that i can possibly declutter and it's so sad 😅
Hi Dawn. This is not meant to hurt your feelings, but how can you have so much stuff to constantly declutter while defining yourself as a minimalist. Please make it make sense.
She has four kids 😂 As kids change, so does their stuff
Other than living in a house with 6 people, she also has interests. She reads, tries hobbies, and tries new products. She has extended family who are not minimalist who gift things to them and their 4 kids. She also went to several other homes and decluttered for them as well as for her parents and her sister. Plus construction and diy in her home for a couple years. That brings in stuff. Not to mention homeschooling means everyone is home all the time with no breaks. Kids are in coops so all the stuff they would have in school through out the last 5 years is all in the home. That's 20 years worth of homeschooling with 4 kids. That's a huge amount of crafts and projects and finished work that needs to be moved out. It's not liek she emptied her house and now the home and her life never changes.
In the middle of a difficult move right now and definitely feeling the carrying cost! I decluttered what i felt like was so much before we moved and we are continuing to declutter more as we unpack... my 8yo daughter keeps asking "what can we donate today?" And saying "don't give up downsizing momma!" And so proud as she found several things on her own of her own belongings to declutter (mostly costume jewelry and mostly used coloring books)... she was so excited and said "i can only wear one necklace at a time any ways and if i keep them all they aren't all special".... she is light years ahead of me 😁
And yes, she loves Dawn and Cas as i often
play them in the background through this process... she is helping to encourage all the other littles along the journey as well... and they have on their own donated about 50% of their toys after I had cleaned and downsized about 25% of the trash and never used toys... left with the 25% they are even happier than they were before!
What a beautiful home you have.
Great job and thank you 😊
1000 days did Tom n the kids survive? Or have they been kicked to the kerb? 😂❤❤❤
Dear Dawn, my husband just body-doubled with me, and I managed to get through the photos and sentimental items. Oh, what a massive relief! Thank you and bless you for all you do for others.
You are amazing. I’m almost 69 (next week it happens) I have learned so much from you. When my house is a mess my anxiety is out of control I never but the 2 together. Thank you for your help, and God bless you and your family 💕🤗
I appreciate everything you share! I discovered your channel few weeks ago and I am all over it! Thank you Dawn for allowing to declutter.
Dawn, seeing you in a black top again reminds me to say "Thank you!" for taking us along with your uniform wardrobe a few years back. I pared down to black tops and jeans or leggings (for the most part). It is amazing how freeing that has been. I had no idea how much band width I'd been using to shop for and choose clothing. This is one of those areas where a smallish change has reaped a disproportionately large benefit!
My automatic reaction to this video is to be kind of judgmental. Like "if you have to declutter for a thousand days you buy way too much stuff in the first place"
But then I realized it's Dawn's job to declutter and she doesn't just do her own home, also I don't have kids so who am I to say anything at all. 😂
Love your videos!!❤ Q: what brand of couch do you have? It looks like it has held up well with kids...that just what I need!
If there is too much to put away it really takes up time and energy to do that instead of cleaning. I really like how you pointed that out. I currently have that issue with Laundry...I used to be a major hoarder and it took me a long time to realize how much more work I can get done if I had less stuff to put away. Thank you I enjoy your videos so much. A great motivation as I declutter my closets!
You have been helping me to declutter my insane basement. We have been donating and gifting items on and off for months now. Your videos make a difference! Oh, and I removed all of the clutter and decor on my kitchen counter. We now keep it clear aside from our toaster. It looks great and feels even better!
Really like the Tidying verses Cleaning explanation. 👍🏼
Thank you for doing your Tuesday videos. I really look forward to them
Could I ask for the 7 items to be listed in the comments? I listen to these videos while I am cleaning.
For the mattress if they give you 100 day test to see if you like it are they selling these used as new? In other words are you getting a mattress that was a test for 100 day with someone else testing it and they returned it?
What are the shelf organizing units 12:23 in the closet and where can I find them?
Dawn, can you tell me where the brown and white bed is sold please ?
Do you count incoming mail in the declutter count?
you changed my life 😊 thank you so much
Thanks!!!
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I am sceptical. If someone needs to declutter everyday for 1000 days, there is an issue.
Obviously you are purchasing many impulse items throughout the year for yourself, family members and home. You declutter the extraneous and then the cycle of purchasing repeats.
Declutter - Purchase - Declutter - Purchase - Declutter - Purchase.
You are getting a dopamine hit each time you declutter and purchase.
Where is the equilibrium?
Throwing junk mail into the recycling bin isn't decluttering. It's just sorting out the garbage.
I have moved several times with my family and it takes me 3 weeks to do a full house ( 4 bedrooms ) declutter and pack moving boxes.
Outside of moving, l declutter seasonally when the charity pink bag is placed into my letter box. Usually outgrown clothes and children's books and toys are placed into the charity bag.
Four charity bags per year.
What is body doubling ?
Enlist someone to declutter alongside you, so that you don't feel overwhelmed or alone in the process.
Or ...
Play one of her "kitchen" or "clothing" (or whatever room/space) declutter videos and while listening, you have a black trash bag, donation box and a plan (keep, donate or trash) for all the items in that given space. Speaking from experience, listening to her tips, tricks and methods while I am decluttering a space is a real motivator while in the deep trenches of a big messy space.
Yes, I love taking stuff from chaos to order...mostly puzzles, though. 🤣😅 I also like cleaning more once stuff has actually gotten obviously dirty so I can see the difference. 🫣